Marilyn Ann Khoury's Obituary
MARILYN ANN KHOURY
(1944-2022)
MARILYN PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HIGH POINTE HOSPICE FACILITY IN HAVERHILL FOLLOWING A COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH TERMINAL CANCER. SHE WAS BORN IN LAWRENCE ON MARCH 3, 1944 TO THE LATE GEORGE J. AND “MILDRED” (DOMINICA MARUZZA) KHOURY.
SHE ATTENDED LAWRENCE SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED FROM SALEM STATE COLLEGE WITH BACHELOR AND MASTER’S DEGREES WITH HONORS.
MARILYN BEGAN HER ILLUSTRIOUS, ELEMENTARY TEACHING CAREER IN THE MARBLEHEAD SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR THREE YEARS FOLLOWED BY A TWO YEAR TENURE IN THE DANBURY, CT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
FOR THE NEXT, APPROXIMATE 30 YEARS, SHE TAUGHT AT THE WITCHCRAFT HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SALEM, MA WHICH WOULD DEFINE HER CAREER. DURING THAT PERIOD, SHE WAS VOTED AS THE RUNNER-UP IN A POLL OF TOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE NORTH SHORE.
MARILYN WAS ALSO A TALENTED SINGER AND GUITARIST WHO PERFORMED AT WEDDINGS. SHE MOST ENJOYED SINGING AND TUTORING THE CHILDREN IN HER EXTENDED FAMILY.
SHE HAD AN ACTIVE SOCIAL LIFE WITH HER MANY TEACHER FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES IN SALEM, MA. SHE ALSO RELISHED SPENDING HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL EVENTS WITH HER FAMILY MEMBERS.
SHE REALLY ENJOYED SITTING BY THE WATER IN SALEM, MA ON A SUMMER DAY AND ENJOYING A GOOD BOOK.
MARILYN WAS PREDECEASED BY HER BROTHER, GERALD, OF RESTON, VA. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER BROTHERS GEORGE J. “BUD” KHOURY AND HIS WIFE PATRICIA OF SALEM, NH AND BRIAN W. KHOURY OF ROUNDUP, MT.
HER LOVING NIECE AND LONGTIME SUPPORT PROVIDER PAMELA J. KHOURY, AND HER SON, MAX SHEEHAN, OF SALEM, NH; NEPHEWS PATRICK KHOURY AND HIS WIFE, HEATHER, OF CARY, IL; SCOTT A. KHOURY AND HIS WIFE, GISELE, OF HAMPTON, NH AND GARY J. KHOURY AND HIS WIFE, CINDY, OF STRATHAM, NH; MATTHEW KHOURY AND HIS WIFE, STACEY, OF BOSEMAN, MT AND BRIAN KHOURY, JR. OF ASHVILLE, NC., AND NIECE MARGUERITE SCIUTO AND HER HUSBAND, DR. ANTHONY SCIUTO AND THEIR SON LOUIS; AND, OF COURSE, HER TWELVE BELOVED GRAND NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
THE FAMILY WISHES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEDICATION OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WHO SPENT COUNTLESS TIME VISITING MARILYN IN HOSPICE THAT COMFORTED HER. HER COUSINS: JAYNE AND ANNETTE ABBAS AND MARIE CALLAHAN; NORMA AND RICHARD SHEEHAN; HER MANY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES FROM SALEM, MA; SARA AND THE PERRONI FAMILY MEMBERS; ANDREA STACKPOLE, GERRI FROST, JAYNE NAPIERACZ; ANDREW BASS AND, OF COURSE, HER BELOVED FAMILY MEMBERS.
THE FAMILY ALSO EXTENDS OUR GRATITUDE TO THE PHYSICIANS AND STAFFS OF THE HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL, MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL AND HIGH POINTE HOSPICE FACILITY FOR THEIR SINCERE ATTENTIVENESS, DEDICATION AND CONCERN.
THERE WILL BE NO CALLING HOURS. A PRIVATE FAMILY GRAVESIDE SERVICE AT THE UNITED LEBANESE CEMETERY IN LAWRENCE IS PLANNED, WITH A CELEBRATION OF LIFE TO BE SCHEDULED AT A LATER DATE.
DONATIONS IN LIEU OF FLOWERS CAN BE MADE TO “MAX SHEEHAN”, C/O PO BOX 795, SALEM, NH 03079.
ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING CONDUCTED BY THE JOHN BREEN MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME IN LAWRENCE, MA.
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